Top surnames from the 1881 census in Knettishall, Suffolk

Knettishall is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Suffolk

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
ROSHER79.210514,000.00
BENNETT67.894748.04
FOX67.894784.99
MATHEW67.89472,068.97
GODDARD67.8947196.08
WRIGHT67.894724.61
ROBBINS56.5789420.17
BISHOP56.578994.16
NUNN45.2632300.75
NEWMAN33.947453.10
CURSON33.94741,764.71
CLARKE22.631612.99
CATTON11.3158400.00
SAVAGE11.315834.25
REEVE11.315856.18
CAGE11.31582,000.00
BERTRAM11.3158277.78
BRAME11.31581,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROSHER14,000.0079.2105
MATHEW2,068.9767.8947
CAGE2,000.0011.3158
CURSON1,764.7133.9474
BRAME1,666.6711.3158
ROBBINS420.1756.5789
CATTON400.0011.3158
NUNN300.7545.2632
BERTRAM277.7811.3158
GODDARD196.0867.8947
BISHOP94.1656.5789
FOX84.9967.8947
REEVE56.1811.3158
NEWMAN53.1033.9474
BENNETT48.0467.8947
SAVAGE34.2511.3158
WRIGHT24.6167.8947
CLARKE12.9922.6316

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called ROSHER in Knettishall at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 9.2105 in Knettishall means that 9.2105% of the people in Knettishall on census day were called ROSHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROSHER in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called ROSHER as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called ROSHER here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called ROSHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 14,000.00 in Knettishall means that you are 14,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROSHER in Knettishall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Knettishall in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BENNETT (6)  BERTRAM (1)  BISHOP (5)  BOLINBROKE (4)  BRAME (1)  CAGE (1)  CURSON (3)  CATTON (1)  CLARKE (2)  ALECOCK (1)  FOX (6)  GODDARD (6)  HENNELS (1)  LINGE (2)  MATHEW (6)  NEWMAN (3)  NUNN (4)  REEVE (1)  ROBBINS (5)  ROSHER (7)  SAVAGE (1)  STROULGER (3)  WRIGHT (6)